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**AN ART NOUVEAU IVORY, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL PENDANT, BY HENRI VEVER
Designed as a carved ivory nude, with an openwork blue enamel flowing headdress and surround, enhanced by a cascade of rose and old mine-cut diamonds, suspending a freshwater pearl drop, mounted in 18k gold, (one diamond deficient, with damage to enamel), circa 1900, with French assay mark
Signed Vever Paris
Designed as a carved ivory nude, with an openwork blue enamel flowing headdress and surround, enhanced by a cascade of rose and old mine-cut diamonds, suspending a freshwater pearl drop, mounted in 18k gold, (one diamond deficient, with damage to enamel), circa 1900, with French assay mark
Signed Vever Paris
Literature
Vivienne Becker, Art Nouveau Jewelry, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1985, page 63
A. Kenneth Snowman, The Master Jewelers, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1990, page 146
Henri Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century, Thames and Hudson, London, 2001, pages 1124, 1172
A. Kenneth Snowman, The Master Jewelers, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1990, page 146
Henri Vever, French Jewelry of the Nineteenth Century, Thames and Hudson, London, 2001, pages 1124, 1172
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.